When Old Man Mei saw his eldest son looking at him, he suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't Dad say that before? Regardless of whether the fourth child will be successful next year, An An should be enlightened.

At that time, if the fourth child is really talented and becomes a scholar, he can also be asked to guide An An..."

If he failed the exam, Mei Dahu also knew that his parents would be furious if he said something unlucky at this time.

Facing his son's dark eyes, Old Man Mei lowered his face and said no more.

He also knew that everyone was dissatisfied with the boss. Now the boss actually said it very clearly. He could make money, but not all the money was for the fourth child.

Since the third child was born a child at the age of twelve, subsequent scholars have repeatedly failed to win, and the family has indeed accumulated a lot of conflicts.

The failure of the fourth child in the exam is not a matter of talent or learning, but rather a matter of luck.

During the first imperial examination, Meiyang encountered the death of the late emperor and the turmoil in the court. After His Majesty finally secured the throne, not only did he not open the imperial examination, he even suspended the imperial examination for three years.

The common people don't understand this kind of thing, but I don't know how many scholars have criticized what His Majesty is doing today.

As for why it was bad, Old Man Mei didn't understand, and he didn't dare to say.

Therefore, when the imperial examination was re-opened three years later, the competition was particularly fierce that year. It was also the first scholar in Meiyang to take the exam. Because I didn’t have much experience and the pressure of competition was high, I missed the exam a little bit.

The weather was abnormal on the day when the second exam started. A late-spring cold hit most of the students taking the exam, including Mei Yang, who almost didn't survive.

Anyway, there were too many unlucky things during the exam. In short, none of them went smoothly.

This back-and-forth delay made it impossible for them to get married even in their twenties. The second and third eldest children all lost their hearts because of this matter. From the looks of it, I'm afraid even the eldest son might be dissatisfied.

Old Man Mei felt sad in his heart, and thought about the gentleman who took the time to meet him when he met his fourth son in the county a few days ago.

That person also said that Nian Laosi will definitely win, if nothing unexpected happens.

If he wins, everyone will be happy, but if another accident happens...then he can only accept that God will not let the fourth child become a talent.

Old Man Mei sighed secretly and turned to look at Mei An who was playing there, balancing the pros and cons in his mind.

"Forget it -" In the end, Old Man Mei relaxed, "I remember that the old scholar in your father-in-law's village said that enlightenment is relatively cheap. The fourth child also got enlightenment there. Taking advantage of this short period of time, he is at home.

You happen to be visiting your in-laws, and you can also ask An An about it."

Even if Old Man Mei admitted this, Mei Dahu was relieved in his heart, and he didn't care about his mother's muttering just now.

It's just that the family has been a little tight in the past two years, and I will wait until the fourth child wins next year to talk about this.

He doesn't care about this, as long as his father agrees to send An An to school, he will be motivated to work!

Mei Lian was also happy after hearing this. She waved to Mei An who was secretly looking at them over there. Mei An immediately stepped forward upon seeing this.

"This is the sesame candy my sister bought for you. Take it."

"Thank you, sister!"

Of course, Mei An and Mei Lian's actions cannot be hidden from other people's eyes. Mrs. Zhang is worried about money.

Even though the boss had just given her two coins, now she suddenly learned that there would be another expense at the end of the year, and her good mood suddenly deteriorated.

"Where did you get the money? You can already be paid monthly?"

"Nai, no, I'm still an apprentice. My embroidery skills can't be called an embroiderer. I just study with my embroiderers on weekdays. In private, I will practice with some cloth handkerchiefs. Although the objects I embroider are far inferior to those in Xiufang."

Masters, as long as the price is low, you can still sell it and save a little money."

"You saved up..."

Before Mrs. Zhang could ask her how much money she had saved, Mei Lian answered slowly and said: "I heard that my grandma was not in good health a few days ago, so I specially spent all my money to buy you something to replenish your health.

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After saying Mei Lianzhu, she handed a bag of brown sugar and a small bag of longan to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang looked at the contents in the bag and her expression was a little ugly: "You have been practicing for so long and you sold these?"

"In other words, the handkerchiefs made after the New Year are barely eye-catching before they can be sold."

Mei Lian said, with a look of remorse on her face, "I will definitely practice my embroidery skills when I go back, and strive to become a good embroiderer as soon as possible, just like my second and third uncles. Then I will buy you a lot of things."

return."

"Wait a minute, who are you talking about?"

Hearing Mei Lian's words, Mrs. Zhang reacted immediately, grabbed Mei Lian's wrist and asked: "You said the second, second and third sons went shopping again? It's quite a lot?"

"Yes, isn't there a market today? The second uncle and the third uncle also bought a lot of things."

As if she didn't notice the changes on her grandma's face, Mei Lian nodded honestly and replied, "Second uncle also bought a very big old hen."

After she finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on the bright yellow chicken feathers on Mei Dahu's head...

***

In the evening, the whole village was filled with smoke, and every household was preparing dinner after a day's work.

In the end, Wei Meili couldn't resist her husband's "macho act" and made cabbage and meatball soup in the kitchen.

It is indeed a seed produced by the system. Just a few days after it was planted in the ground, the Chinese cabbage has grown to the size of a palm. Just roll it in boiling water and it will be ripe.

Mayberry is currently working in the yard following her father.

The house has been repaired, but the remaining fence surrounding the yard and the bamboo structure on the subsoil has not yet been completely repaired.

When Mei Youqian came back this afternoon, he kept fighting with the mud, saying that he wanted to repair the fence in his yard early.

Her father re-pasted the yard fence with mud and stuck freshly cut sharp bamboo sticks on the top. Mayberry planted beans and winter melon seeds at the foot of the fence in the yard with his hind legs.

His dad also bought some pumpkin seeds today and plans to plant them in the vegetable garden when he grows cucumbers tomorrow.

In fact, his dad doesn’t like eating pumpkin very much. Although it is sweet and glutinous and can be used as a staple food or stir-fry, he can’t resist eating too much and his face will turn yellow.

But pumpkins are big and durable, and the seeds inside can be used as melon seeds when dried and fried. They have many advantages. And although Mei Youqian doesn't like to eat pumpkins, he likes to eat pumpkin cakes.

This morning I saw someone selling this seed and it was very popular, so he bought some.

When the father and daughter were almost done with their work, Meiyou came over to find Meiberry and asked her to go up the mountain tomorrow.

"Tomorrow? Okay."

I heard that Mei You asked her to dig mushrooms in the mountains, and Mei Berry happened to have the same intention.

It rained last night, but it was still sunny today when they went to the market. Mei Berry also guessed that the mountains were full of mushrooms again.

She will definitely dig a lot of mushrooms tomorrow.

"Ah, I'll go there tomorrow too. It seems like these mushrooms are quite popular."

At this time, Mei Youqian suddenly interrupted, and Mei Berry turned to look at her father in confusion.

Didn’t you just say that you would plant pumpkins and cucumbers in the morning? Why do you have time to go up the mountain now?

In fact, to be honest, Mei You didn't want Mei Youqian to follow them.

She came to meet Mei Berry today mainly because she wanted to use Mei Berry as a shield.

She has something to do when she goes into the mountains tomorrow, but she can't directly tell the Miao family that she wants to go into the mountains.

The best way is to say that you and Meiberry have made an appointment to pick mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, and then ask Meiberry to pick up mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, and then she can handle what she wants to do by herself.

Because he went to the market this morning, Meiyou didn't have time to check the condom he had placed yesterday. It wasn't until he came back in the afternoon that he went to the place where he had placed the condom before.

As a result, Meiyou didn't see the prey, but she saw long-dried blood on the cover and on the surrounding ground, as well as messy feathers and some small animal furs around it.

From that look, you can imagine how the prey you trapped was violently torn from the noose.

That was not the result of someone discovering it...

I checked Baidu's settings for the imperial examination. It turns out that the provincial examination and the post-provincial examination are basically once every three years. Thinking about the academy examination for scholars, I saw that some are once a year, and some are twice every three years.

Here we take it twice every three years.

However, there is actually some foreshadowing about the unfortunate incident that happened to the fourth child in the imperial examination (I won’t spoil who it is related to for the time being).

However, I guess some little ones will think that the experience of being a scholar is ridiculous, but it is an allusion to the dynasty that is gradually beginning to collapse.
Chapter completed!